Samuel Harnish and Susannah Keller

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Husband Samuel Harnish ¹

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           Born: Abt 1789 - Huntingdon Co, PA
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           Died: Autumn, 1839 - Morris Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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         Father: Christian Harnish (Abt 1758-1837/1839) 2
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Wife Susannah Keller ²

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           Born:  - Huntingdon Co, PA
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           Died: 5 Apr 1881 - Morris Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 M Christian Harnish ³

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           Died: Aft 1883
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2 M John Harnish ³

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           Died: Bef 1883 - Morris Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA
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3 M Abraham Harnish ³

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           Died: Bef 1883 - Morris Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA
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4 M Samuel Harnish ³

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5 M Peter Harnish ³

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6 F Dorothy Harnish ²

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           Born: 15 Dec 1814 2
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         Spouse: Robert Tussey (1816-Aft 1883) 2
           Marr: 6 Feb 1840 2

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7 F [Unk] Harnish

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         Spouse: Rev. Samuel H. Reid (      -      ) 3

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8 F Anna C. Harnish ⁴

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            AKA: [Unk] Harnish
           Born: 8 Jan 1817 - Morris Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Col. John Huyett (1808-1882) 5
           Marr: 25 Nov 1834 4

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9 M Dr. Tobias Harnish ⁶

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           Born: 6 Mar 1826 - Morris Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA 7
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10 F [Unk] Harnish

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         Spouse: Jacob F. Stiner (      -      ) 3

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11 F [Unk] Harnish

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         Spouse: Samuel H. Keller (      -      ) 3

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12 F Mary Harnish ⁸

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            AKA: [Unk] Harnish
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           Died: 27 May 1917 8
         Buried:  - Lutheran Cemetery, Sinking Valley, Blair Co, PA

         Spouse: Col. Ephraim Burkett (1830-1901) 3
           Marr: 27 Oct 1857 8

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13 F [Unk] Harnish

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         Spouse: Albert Hileman (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Harnish

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He bought three hundred acres of the thousand-acre tract of his father's, and continued the improvements already begun by him. At his death, which occurred in the autumn of 1839, he left a wife and thirteen children, the eldest being twenty-five years old, the youngest a baby.

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General Notes: Wife - Susannah Keller

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from Lancaster Co, PA

When her husband died in the autumn of 1839, she was left with thirteen children, the eldest being twenty-five years old, the youngest a baby. She found herself with a large family and with two farms, on which was an indebtedness of about four thousand dollars, a state of affairs which might well have made her feel that her burdens were more than she could bear. But she was not of the kind to give up, and, nothing daunted by the hard times, the scarcity of money, and the greatness of the task before her, this remarkable woman assumed command, and, with assistance of her family, who had been trained in ways of industry, she paid the debts and added other farms, leaving at her death an estate of many thousands of dollars, besides giving each of her many children a wedding present of three hundred dollars, and also giving her son, Dr. Tobias Harnish, a collegiate education. She was a woman of a kind heart and amiable disposition, it being said of her by those who knew her for many years that she was never known to be cross or out of temper. Hospitality was one of her leading traits of character, and her home was a pleasant resort for the young people of the surrounding country. She died at a ripe old age, in the full possession of her every faculty, mourned and regretted by a wide circle of friends and relatives.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 322, 323.

2 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 322.

3 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 323.

4 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 416.

5 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 323, 415.

6 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 322, 323, 430.

7 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 430.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1224.